{BIRTHDAY, BEANS, BABIES & MORE}

I have so many things I want to blog about right now that I'm combining several different (unrelated) things. First, I want to brag on my birthday present from Cleve. Let me start by saying I love antiques (more farmhouse than fine European) and I love sewing. However, my poor sewing box broke and is barely held together by some extra elastic I had. So Cleve saw a need and decided he wouldn't just go to the craft store and buy me a new sewing box. This is what he got me...

And I LOVE it!! I think it has much more personality than any other ones I've seen. Thanks, babe!

Last weekend we also went to our friends' house to visit and pick beans from their impressive garden (about five times bigger than ours). The men picked while the women watched from the shade. It was fun for everyone and we got about 12 quarts of green beans in the process.

Cleve and Brent pickin' beans

We snapped and canned beans all day Sunday.
It's so rewarding and now we'll have beans all winter long.

Cleve's mom came up for my birthday and to see the girls.
It was a short but fun visit! We love Mimi!!


I LOVE this picture.
Can you tell Cleve is already wrapped around Lilly's little finger?



Parker looks forward to seeing Teddy every time we visit.
This time she was very brave and actually pet him all by herself.

This is Cleve in his cycling get-up.
He's trying it out since it's one of the few sports he can do without hurting his hip.
Back up ladies, he's mine :)